Katt Williams’ Pimp Chronicles

According to the Internet Movie Database, comedian Katt Williams has been featured in 14 different movies or TV shows in the past four years or so, but I’ll admit I haven’t seen any of them. His main thing, as I was told by his publicist’s publicist(?), is that he played a pimp named Money Mike in one of the Friday sequels.

I was going to interview him a few weeks ago as part of the press run-up to the premier of his HBO comedy special the Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1, but I never really got around to it. Because I’m lazy like that. Plus, I don’t find interviews a particularly efficient or otherwise interesting method of writing a story about a person anyway.

I did eventually get around to checking out his HBO special though, and I found it fucking hilarious. It’s been the only amusing comedy special I’ve seen on HBO since they brought back One Night Stand, and that’s been a while. The difference between his shit and most of the d-bags they’re featuring on the new Def Comedy Jam is night and day, as was illustrated when he tore the house down on this past Sunday’s episode.

His schtick, which may or may not have originated with his character in the Friday movie, is that of a pimp. In the special, he sports a pretty outlandish green suit that looks like it could be made out of the material from the interior of one of Don “Magic” Juan’s Cadillacs, as well as the kind of fucked up perm black women end up with when it’s obvious they can only grow so much hair. And he can’t be any taller than 5′ 4″ which is naturally pretty amusing.

In the special, he holds forth on a range of issues, including self-esteem, smoking weed, people who live to hate on people, white people, media coverage of the war in Iraq, and Michael Jackson bufu-ing kids on his Neverland Ranch. His best two jokes are one involving why self-esteemed is called that – because it’s the esteem of your motherfucking self – and one involving why no one knows what an Iraqi military uniform looks like – because we’re mainly over there killing civilians, or “insurgents.”

I didn’t find a lot of the rest of his material nearly as clever, but it’s still pretty entertaining just in the way that he delivers it. He speaks in the kind of bizarre high-pitched voice you find in so many really short people, and he peppers his material with lots of amusing pimp-isms, including copious use of the term bitch to refer to women (which you’d think would be old by now but apparently isn’t). I found myself laughing more often than not during the course of the 45 minute-long special.

You can check out the Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1 right now on HBO On Demand, if your cable company offers it. Otherwise, they’ve been re-running it periodically, and it’ll be out on DVD at some point in November.

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DJ Lucky Luke

damn i wish i gave a damn about dude right about now.

wait…

…nah, i don’t.

http://www.okayplayer.com Spark

So you liked pimp chronic.Iam happy you actually like sumting but what the hell are we suppose to comment on that? wheres the controversy?lol. ima check it out Pimp.

http://www.myspace.com/16kingz thebestout!!

oh yeah 52nd BIAAATCHES!!!

that nigga kat been funny as hell I’m actually excited to see hear his new album (no max be after guilty ruling)
from the dipset camp. I just hope he don’t use them cornball ass beats they be spittin on it all sound like chopped and screwed music on acid!

Belize

Finally sum propzzz..i see that u still dont want to accknowledge the fact that last week’s def comedy show was the best in a long time (KEVIN HART!!)..but ehhh..thats how u roll

e

OH shit BOl wrote something positive!!!

I TYPE IN CAPS BITCH

HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF YOUTUBE.COM?

YOU DONT NEED A TV GENIUS..

YOUTUBE THAT BITCH…..

DONT STOP THERE, YOUTUBE EVERYTHING!!!

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news flash!!!newsFLASH!!!

“(I want) just to talk and just to see where our heads are and see if maybe we can come to an even playing field – respectfully to each other.(I want to) see if we can figure it out (as) grown-ups,” Game told Hot 97 recently.
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dat nigga game finally pussin’ out cuz’ he can’t topple the giant that is mr.interscope (no jimmy Ivine)

e

Kat Williams reminds me of Suga Free. I haven’t heard Kat rap yet but if his raps are like his comedy should be cool.

SUPERMAN

YAWN! BOOOOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!!

420PURP

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GAME REALLY FINALLY PUSSIED OUT????
I WAS JUST GIVING HIM PROPS THE OTHER DAY BOUT HOW HE STANDIN UP TO THE WHOLE G UNIT SQUAD BY HIMSELF.
BUT THEN BEING THAT IT IS A GAME QUOTE
WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING A G UNIT DISS TAPE SHORTLY, SCHIZOPHRENICMUTHAFUCKA!

http://www.myspace.com/16kingz thebestout!!

WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING A G UNIT DISS TAPE SHORTLY, SCHIZOPHRENICMUTHAFUCKA!
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Belize

Game got that nas syndrome

e

Nah Game is probably the most schizo rapper ever. He seems crazier than Nas or Krs.

Mikey Ess AKA SukedowN

Other than the weed jokes and the Shaq joke, that special wasn’t anything more than average.

How many times can he repeat “love you life” or “eff the haters”???

soopadoopa

the kind of fucked up perm black women end up with when it’s obvious they can only grow so much hair.

Fucking Hilarious!!!! and true, good shit man.

100

http://aramhiphopetc.blogspot.com/ I Fux

Ya it had me rolling most of the time, ya and the way he says things makes it funnier

Fernando

Damn, its like Bol just read my post & made it a topic.

The part when Katt impersonates Michael Jackson on his balcony scoping for kids is fucking hilarious. So is his reference to DMX.

e

Banks’ Blue Heffner mixtape should have been released as an album instead of Rotten Apple. Its probably Banks best stuff in a long time.

Fernando

E –

katt actually has a song with suga free in the Bangers section…not bad.

He also has a song dissing the yung gunz

LOS

Yea that shit was dope. That nigga Money Mike funny as hell.

http://inthelab.biz Feeze

I like that he offers the sage advice “don’t have no job? bills are due? smoke some weed!!”

e

Im gonna check out the song Katt has with Suga Free.

Dissing the yung gunz why?

Belize

Nando-
“Heyyoo…bitch! Whats the answer to number 7″ haaaa..yeah he killt it on X..did u see DaBrat crackin da fuk up

E – dunno..i think Em is cuttin it close as the most scitzo..isnt he tryin to be a gangsta rapper now?

Belize

“cris and lil neffi” haaaaa

Fernando

He punkin the yung gunz on a song he did with Game. They had a line in a song that went “Fake P-I’s like Money Mike”……he apparently took offense to that shit.

thebestout. i have the computer because of school. i dont have tv because i dont want my daughter watching commercial television, but its cool if she watches fraggle rock on dvd. but damn i’m hurting when i read about the wire and comedy specials like this.

UnFaded Disciple

Bol, them jigs on XXLMAG.com is on your ass still for making that racist/stereotypical post on Muslims during Ramadan. You know how I know? Look at your last recent posts, its been boring as hell.

So, I guess they told you to lay low before you can ever bring some “heated” posts back on.

Sad. Looks like Clyde Smith got you on this one.

Fernando

Thoreality –

Its called LimeWire…Or Youtube.

I just downloaded Katt Williams the other day.

Fernando

I might have to leave this blog just on the strength of the Jibbs ad I have to look at. What a retarded fucking song..damnit

katt actually has talent, that’s why he can do the same old pimp shit and be funny/stand out

with that said, I probably wont buy his album.

http://www.xxlmag.com the south

katt williams is the shit!!!!! dipset gonna bang out another classic!!!! dipset bitch!!!!!!!!!!

icee corleon

kat williams is the funniest comedian we got right now since cris “where the hell are you” tucker has been awol

Belize

Chris Tucker came out here to do a show..tickets were like 80 bucks..niggaz was like “Fuck Dat!”

Prince Of The South

Yeah money mike is funny. I’ve seen him live, but that scene in Friday after next where he grab dude nuts will the tweezers is classic.

SONNY CHEEBA

i LOVED that Katt Williams special…

that nigga had me ROLLING!

Even that Bo(w)l head ass nigga couldn’t hate…

http://www.allhiphop.com Yo

That nigga funny on nick cannon show too. no homo

Dee

who cares?

Projectnrm

Pimp Chronicles was hilarious.

I eagerly await Vol. 2.

Jersey Boy

That was the funniest HBO comedy show since Chris Rock “Bring The Pain” Dude is funny

http://www.myspace.com/angelsometimes Cthulhu

I’m glad you finally got around to acknolwedging him. I think he’s original in a way, I think he’s really smart. I think he has strong opinions he delivers with humor. The only thing that sucks is that I saw him on Def Comedy Jam using the same exact material and I worry that maybe he’s another Ron White: funny as hell but way too lacking in material.

sandino

That shit was mediocre. It certainly wasn’t a dave chappelle or anything. The eight dwarf(aka pimpy) was too repetitive talking about haters and live your life.
NIgga just make me laugh.

Moe

Yeah, the sh** was aight but slim set us back about a 1,000 years by overdoing it with the “nigga baby”, “nigga friend” and “nigga dick” shit. He stated a couple of times that he was a grown ass man then speak as one. Also, get some more material I have heard some of that shit like four times now. Overall, Mike Epps shit was more comical.

October 5th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Other than the weed jokes and the Shaq joke, that special wasn’t anything more than average.

How many times can he repeat “love you life” or “eff the haters”???
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You couldn’t have watched the special. He didn’t say “eff the haters”… he actually asked for MORE haters. That’s a haters job, to fucking HATE!

i ll check dat out Bol, but the best is Still Chris Rock, eddie Murphy and D.L Hughley, those guys killed it man, and Dave chappelle is crap doin stand up .

THE SOUTH since when does Dipset has Classics????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Mr.Me

Damn nigga you didnt get no replys yesterday. lol

Mr.Me

Bols grandma topped me off last night for 3 chicken selects

EHT

I guess I’m the only one who saw the special. This joint was hardly funny . Take away all the curse words and you have nothing. I may have laughed twice. And what was snoop’s purpose?

Belize

That new lloyd banks is nails
The songs that suck-SUCK..the songs thats dope-DOPE…smell it if yall got nuthin to listen to…i am

(L my ass..and i aint even a GUNIT dickriding stan)

Belize

Snoopa was layin down game…from a smoker’s perspective that is

the truth

Katt is cool (no question) but bol is a fat chimp!!!

http://aramhiphopetc.blogspot.com/ I Fux

Hey I finally saw the Kevin Hart episode of Def Comedy Jam it was pretty funny

e

That new lloyd banks is nails
The songs that suck-SUCK..the songs thats dope-DOPE…smell it if yall got nuthin to listen to…i am

(L my ass..and i aint even a GUNIT dickriding stan)

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I told everyone, Banks is dope as a mixtape rapper but his albums are wack kinda like Cassidy and JR Writer

gutta

his schtick? one of the friday sequels??? im convinced that you are are damn geek..you never seen friday? or any of the sequels? you have no knowledge of hip hop or the difference between good and bad artist..YN should fire you next, fa real

Hoodsavior

it was aight…nuttin special…on def comedy jam he did the same routine but since it was shorter it was funnier…and oh by the way…katt is funny but he is NOT fuckin wit kevin hart(no philly bias)

sleepy

i’m glad you enjoyed the show, but don’t put the man down like you did. that ain’t cool homie. talking bout he speaks in the voice small people usually speak in?. fuk is that? katt benn puttin it down. so chill wit belittling the man. and if you don’t interveiw a person, how the hell would you know wut to write about, dumb azz author….